Just a question about the keyboard. What material are the keys made of?

They are rounded, smoth touch hard plastic. Id be open to softer, grippy keys as well, or, perhaps they user could choose between the two, or has both types of keys included with the smartphone to chose from and pop in!

Thanks for the comment!!!!

"The more I learn, the more I realize just how little I really do know!" -Albert Einstein

question have you considered sending this to HP as a idea for a design since you have pretty much a protype of it? This really is a portrait design that they need, and to me you got it just right.

WellWellWell;

First, thanks.. thats a really nice thing to hear, and, its much appreciated.

If HP is interested, Im interested, for sure - but, somehow, I think they will have thier genius designers locked away with no food and water designing rings around anything I might think up.. just a hunch...

Never-the-less, Id be humbled if I did hear from them, without question!

"The more I learn, the more I realize just how little I really do know!" -Albert Einstein

First, thanks.. thats a really nice thing to hear, and, its much appreciated.

If HP is interested, Im interested, for sure - but, somehow, I think they will have thier genius designers locked away with no food and water designing rings around anything I might think up.. just a hunch...

Never-the-less, Id be humbled if I did hear from them, without question!

lol well maybe, but just think if you can calculate a design such as you have, with correct dimensions and what not, what makes you think if provided with all the tools that someone else could design a better phone. You have to look at it too that we have had this phone intimatly, and know the ins and outs of the phone. We know how much larger the screen would need to be to make it just right. What type of material in regards to other phones (like what you did to help u with this design regarding the htc hd2). The developers at HP and Palm are like any other company they make a basic design and if approved they run with it, but prob dont use it on a day to day basis like we do. So no I really believe you have something here, and all it takes is you knocking on the door and saying take a look at this, you never know HP could be like now thats what I invisioned, but couldnt put it to paper let alone to a model. Seriously what could the worst thing that can happen beside them saying no thanks. Look at the guy that got hired by HP recently, so they know about our community already and support us, they are listening. Give it a try.

Ok, I have to fess up.. THAT is a texture map that is comprised of an actual picture of my own phone home screen, and Im on T-Mobile - been a T-Mobile customer ever since they were OmniPoint, in the early 90's (remember the parrot commercials???).

My OmniPoint original sim card was lost - the one Im using now is from the Voicestream era - and it would always show T-Mobile on other phones, but, when I first put it into my Pre+ this past May, it popped up as Voicestream...

I kinda like it..

"The more I learn, the more I realize just how little I really do know!" -Albert Einstein